While its members recognize the need for patient confidentiality and privacy protections, those concerns must be balanced with the need to exchange health information when necessary, according to CHIME’s recent comment letter on the proposed Federal Health IT Strategic Plan. Additionally, “ONC needs to further define how consent management should be handled, and it must […]
Workgroup to Hold Session on HIT Strategic Framework
To obtain feedback from the healthcare community regarding the Health IT Strategic Framework — which will become the foundation for updates to the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan — the Strategic Plan Workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee will hold a public listening session on April 6 at 12 Eastern. The Plan will focus on […]